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Re-enroll likely democratic voters. wisconsin democratic chairman ben wikler tells nbc news, quote, this is an organizing challenge, not a crisis. the purging of voters, quote, just adds to our to do list. its a reason to work, not to freak out. joining us now is ben wikler, chair of the wisconsin democratic party. ben, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me ali. >> let me ask you about that quote. you call this an organizing challenge as opposed to a crisis. thats a dif...

Particularly to voters of colors in that first in the south primary state. >> with regards to voter suppression, we spent time on the broadcast yesterday digging into this a bit. you had wisconsin purging, more than 200,000 registered voters. georgia purging voters as well, more than 300,000 in georgia before a chunk of them were actually restored. how closely are you watching this? >> were watching this incredibly closely. when i talk to voters of color and particularly african-american voters ...

Democracy because they convince americans that the right to vote is some political football. there are certain places in the country where access to the ballot is going to be harder than others. i hope they demand their politicians ensure a free, fair and accessible ballot. >> what stood out to you about those purges? >> georgia has had a recent history of purging on a very, very large scale. in 2016 georgia was the epicenter for the battle on the right to vote because georgia placed in front of...

Part of you that wished you were on stage because you had experience with this issue? >> thank you, reverend al, first of all, for having me and for the question. i was proud of senator klobuchar for raising this issue. you know, its beginning to appear that republicans dont think they can win anything without cheating. you look at the vote suppression, you look at the purging purging, you look at the effort to undo the voting rights act and their success at that in the supreme court. you look a...

As one court said, discriminated with surgical penetratio with surgical precision. stop the purging. i would pass as president my bill to register every kid in this country when they turn 18 to vote. that would make all these discriminatory actions go away and i would stop the gerrymandering. >> senator amy klobuchar at this weeks democratic debate discussing the protection of voting rights for all americans. i was there in the audience on thursday, a night that featured just one candidate of co...

Progress. and what we should be talking about is campaign finance reform and that whole bill that passed the house of representatives, all these good things in it to make our elections work better and be more fair about things like gerrymandering and purging election rules and thats sitting on mitch mcconnells desk right now. so why dont we win an election big so we not just win the presidency, but that we send him packing so were able to have votes on those bills which we are not right now so t...

Be majority nonwhite in a generation. what do you say to white americans who are uncomfortable with the idea of becoming a racial minority even if you dont share their concerns? >> i say this is america. youre looking at it. and we are not going to be able to succeed in the world if we do not invite everyone to be part of our economy. our constitution says that we strife for a more perfect union. well, thats what we are doing right now. and to me, that means, one, that everyone can vote, and tha...

Our constitution says that we strife for a more perfect union. well, thats what we are doing right now. and to me, that means, one, that everyone can vote, and that includes our communities of color. this action thats been taken by this president and his people and his governors all over the country is wrong. they have made it harder for african-americans to vote. as one court said, discriminated with surgical precision. what would i do? as one of the leaders on voting in the u.s. senate, one, s...

Just days before the next democratic debate. food workers on strike demanding higher hourly wages. the 7 candidates who qualify for thursdays debate are threatening to boycott in solidarity. the debate was moved to loyola in november because of a separate labor dispute at ucla which was the original debate sites. bernie sanders is speaking out against officials in georgia and wisconsin for purging voter rolls. >> to those republican governors and officials i say to those cowards get out of polit...

Vote in that state and as georgia has, thereby, increasingly trended purple and even toward blue, this has been the republican response. to just wipe people off the v e voting rolls by the hundreds of thousands every way they can. and so, yeah, these days are upon us already. the next election will, of course, be decided by which candidates are on the ballot and how good they are at running their campaigns and the mood of the country and all the rest of it, but in a technical sense, in a nuts an...